Confucius

By: Madison Willging

Confucius taught that respect was important. He taught to respect your elders, your ancestors, and husband/wife. One of his important sayings were 'Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself.'

This is a Yin Yang. This is one of the symbols of Confucianism. It stands for how opposite things in nature become a whole. It is important because it shows that one thing cannot be created without another thing. For example, a shadow can't exist without light.

This is a picture of a girl holding a door open for an elder. This demonstrates respecting elders which was a big part of Confucianism.

This is a picture of Confucius books. There are four books and five classics. The books were the Book of Odes, Book of Documents, Book of Changes, and Book of Rites. They stated the beliefs of Confucianism.